See also: braça, braća, and Braca

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Etymology edit

From Latin brāca.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbra.ka/
  • Rhymes: -aka
  • Hyphenation: brà‧ca

Noun edit

braca f (plural brache)

  1. trouser leg
  2. (in the plural) trousers, pants, breeches
  3. harness

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

Probably from Transalpine Gaulish *brāca, perhaps from Proto-Germanic *brāks, *brōks (rump, hindquarters, crotch; leggings, trousers), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrāg- (rump, hock, hindquarters), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (to break, crack, split). Cognate with Latin suffrāgō (hindquarters, hock, rump).

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Noun edit

brāca f (genitive brācae); first declension

  1. (chiefly in the plural) trousers, breeches (not worn by the Romans)

Declension edit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative brāca brācae
Genitive brācae brācārum
Dative brācae brācīs
Accusative brācam brācās
Ablative brācā brācīs
Vocative brāca brācae

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References edit

  • braca”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • braca in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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Adjective edit

braca

  1. feminine singular of braco